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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOMINATION, n.
1. The act of naming or of nominating; the act of proposing by name for an office.
2. The power of nominating or appointing to office.
The nomination of persons to places being a prerogative of the king--
3. The state of being nominated. AB is in nomination for governor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"
2: the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested"
3: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating speech, nominating address, nomination]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the act, process, or an instance of nominating 2. the state of being nominated

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of nominating; the state of being nominated. 2 the right of nominating for an appointment (have a nomination at your disposal). Etymology: ME f. OF nomination or L nominatio (as NOMINATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nomination Nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.] 1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. --Clarendon. 2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nominations) 1. A nomination is an official suggestion of someone as a candidate in an election or for a job. ...his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. ...a list of nominations for senior lectureships. N-COUNT: oft N for n 2. A nomination for an award is an official suggestion that someone or something should be given that award. They say he's certain to get a nomination for best supporting actor... Alan Parker's film 'The Commitments' has six nominations. N-COUNT: usu N for n 3. The nomination of someone to a particular job or position is their appointment to that job or position. They opposed the nomination of a junior officer to the position of Inspector General of Police... N-VAR: usu with supp

Moby Thesaurus

acceptance speech, apostolic orders, appointment, assignment, calling, canonization, caucus nomination, conferment, consecration, designation, direct nomination, election, holy orders, induction, installation, institution, investiture, major orders, minor orders, naming, ordainment, orders, ordination, petition nomination, posting, preferment, presentation, proposal, reading in, selection, tabbing, transferral